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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.

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Report: Racial wealth gap widens

By | 07.26.11 | 12:30 pm

The wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new Pew Research Center report which analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009.

Study says cell phones affecting polling

By | 10.14.10 | 7:39 am

The amount of cell phone-only households is affecting the polls in electoral contests, a study released by the Pew Research Center suggests.

“In three of four election polls conducted since the spring of this year, estimates from the landline…

AZ immigration law favored by 75 percent of GOP, 34 percent of Dems

By | 04.30.10 | 9:19 am

A poll by Gallup Polling shows that Americans who have heard or read about the new Arizona law are supportive of the bill, although that support is sharply split along partisan lines. It also finds that nearly a third…

Former Rep. Wilson thinks GOP going negative won’t hurt

By | 04.07.10 | 4:40 pm

Former Republican Representative Heather Wilson does not believe that the Republican Party going negative in the 2010 elections will hurt the Republican Party in November.

Pew poll shows warnings for incumbents

By | 02.12.10 | 3:15 pm

A poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press ahead of the 2010 midterm elections shows some bad news for incumbents but perhaps not as bad as in other so-called “wave” years. Still, Pew reports,…

What we know about faith in global warming — the unaffiliated are bigger believers

By | 04.16.09 | 4:09 pm

photoOne of the many eye-catching slogans at the Albuquerque “tea party” on Wednesday was “Global warming is a socialist scam.” Versions of it were on several hand-held signs. Those signs were still in mind this morning when the Pew Research…

Young voters make a major shift to Democratic Party

By | 11.13.08 | 4:57 pm

A full two thirds of voters under 30 chose Barack Obama over John McCain last week, marking the largest percentage of young voters to swing Democratic since exit polling began in 1972, according an analysis released today by the…